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Table 4 Odds of requiring ongoing dialysis at discharge among surviving patients with acute kidney injury (n = 285)

From: Continuous renal replacement therapy outcomes in acute kidney injury and end-stage renal disease: a cohort study

 

Odds ratio

95% CI

P-value

Age >60 years

1.8

0.81, 3.9

0.15

Female

0.80

0.36, 1.8

0.59

White race

1.3

0.49, 3.7

0.57

Medical ICU

1.6

0.76, 3.5

0.21

Lactate >4 mmol/L

0.91

0.32, 2.6

0.85

Albumin >3 g/dL

0.82

0.36, 1.9

0.64

BUN > 30 mg/dL (at admission)

1.7

0.76, 3.8

0.20

Creatinine >2 mg/dL (at CRRT admission)

1.3

0.63, 2.9

0.44

BUN >50 mg/dL (at CRRT initiation)

1.7

0.78, 3.7

0.18

Creatinine >3 mg/dL (at CRRT initiation)

2.1

0.83, 5.3

0.12

Charlson score >3

1.5

0.65, 3.4

0.35

  1. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy.
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